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Passenger says United ‘trapped’ her next to a man who masturbated on flight. Then the airline let him leave. (www.nbcnews.com)

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Edit: Original site is paywalled and seeming to not always load, here is another article about the incident: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/united-airlines-flight-masturbating-incident/6551525/

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[+] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com -8 points 3 days ago* (10 children)

That's kinda fucked up for homeless people, if true

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago

How often do you encounter homeless people on an airplane?

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[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 5 points 3 days ago (8 children)

What do you mean?

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[+] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com -6 points 3 days ago (7 children)

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[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 8 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Counterpoint: It's not a human need to goon or have sex in public.

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[–] Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It's a human need to have sex. But yeah, having sex in public should never be done.

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[–] CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What's probably happening here is some people hear "in public" and think it means "in public view" and not what it literally means, "not on private property open to the public"

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, a homeless person going at it in an alley, the woods, or somewhere else where they're clearly trying to be discreet is a huge difference from someone masturbating on shared transit next to someone

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[–] Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org 3 points 2 days ago

Maybe, yeah

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[+] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com -3 points 3 days ago

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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

WTF? Really? Strongly disagree.

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